| Regarding Sarah | |
| Director: | Michelle Porter |
| Producer: | Amy Belling |
| Starring: | Gina Stockdale Joy Coghill Tom McBeath |
| Cinematography: | Shannon Kohli |
| Editing: | Lauren Mainland |
| Studio: | Compact Films |
| Runtime: | 14 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Regarding Sarah is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Michelle Porter and released in 2006.[1] The film stars Gina Stockdale as Sarah, an elderly woman in the early stages of dementia who begins obsessively filming her daily life so that she will not forget it.[2]
The cast also includes Joy Coghill, Stephen E. Miller and Tom McBeath.
The film was inspired in part by Porter's father's own failing health in his final years of life.[2] It was shot in 2005,[2] and premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2006.
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 28th Genie Awards in 2008.[3] It was subsequently broadcast by CBC Television on the Canadian Reflections series in 2008.[4]